The energy future of liquid fuel : why corn ethanol is a fuel's errand /

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Author / Creator:Ayres, Robert U.
Imprint:[Upper Saddle River, N.J.] : [FTPress Delivers], [©2010]
Description:1 online resource ([5] pages).
Language:English
Series:FTPress Delivers elements
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13596338
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Other uniform titles:Ayres, Ed.
Ayres, Robert U. Crossing the energy divide.
Ayres, Ed. Crossing the energy divide.
ISBN:9780132466035
0132466031
0132466023
9780132466028
9780137068555
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Imprint from cover p. [3].
Excerpted from: Crossing the energy divide, by Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. Cf. resource description page (viewed March 12, 2010).
Summary:This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Why biofuels won't work--except for gigantic agribusinesses and their lobbyists. If the entire U.S. corn crop were converted to ethanol, the aggregate reduction in total fossil fuel (gasoline) energy consumption would be just 2.4%. Considering that we still want our corn flakes, pork chops (corn feeds hogs), and cooking oil, any realistic level of crop consumption for fuels would do virtually nothing to end U.S. dependence on foreign oil. If you liked this Element, read more from Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres, including Crossing the Energy Divide (ISBN: 9780137015443). Available in print and digital formats.